Abstract

The present study investigated the effect of mother empowerment programme on psycho social aspects of mothers having children with intellectual disability attending four special schools of Kottayam district . A descriptive survey cum experimental pretest post test control group research design was used for the study. The objective of the study was to find out the effect of mother empowerment programme on psycho social aspects of mothers having children with intellectual disability. The instrument used for the study was Psycho social scale, pretest was done, mother empowerment programme was given to 50 mothers who obtained low Psycho social score in the survey after obtaining Institutional Ethics Committee approval and permission from the special school authorities. Post test was done using the same instrument, six months after the pre test. The results of ANCOVA showed there is a significant difference in post test Psycho social scores between the experimental and control group. ( F = 4.994, P =0.02 )

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